i think that there are marbury's skeptics, the way i am, but let me try to brief you. it's very simple. it will be madisonian. one of madison's key proposals -- in addition to state laws and representation, he is following an example from the virginia state constitution and having a joint executive council that would present a limited negative, a limited vo, over legislation. what did medicine like this idea? -- why did madison like this idea? he had been involved in activities of collective deliberation, whether he been in congress or the virginia assembly. he was deeply, deeply mistrustful of the quality of legislative the liberation. -- deliberation. he is skeptical about it. he was to do what he thinks will improve the quality of legislation. it's much better to deal with it at the beginning then deal with poorly drafted legislation later on. it's better to deal with it then later on when the consequences have to be litigated out. you better have legislation like this. but when he proposes a revision, you see, all of the framers understand. all of the framers excep

applause ) secondly, it's bold for a young guy to walk into the sphreek and say i know you think marbury versus madison gives you the right to decide the constitutional questions but i say we're a direct democracy. now, which one of you pricks is going to buy my booze on 19? ( laughter ) here's the thing. we have both a fundamental liberty to govern and a court empowered to stop us from abusing that tee to take other people's liberty. that's how the system works. and if you don't agree with the court's decision you just have to suck it up, sometimes for years, with horrible consequences. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so enough with the democracy! enough! can a brother get a lame appeal to history argument up in here is it. >> every definition they looked up prior to about a dozen years ago defined marriage as the unity between a man and a woman as husband and wife. obviously, if you succeed, that core definition will no longer be operable. >> you're not seeking to join the institution. you're seeking to change what the institution is. >> jon: the institution of marriage has almost never not

marbury v. madison established the court's power to a, impeach the president, b, decide whether a federal law is constitutional c, resolveicts between the states or d, resolve conflicts between the president and congress." do you know the answer? >> eighth grade. that's been a while. i'm going to get it's decide whether a federal law is constitutional. >> barbara would be right. it's b, decide whether a federal law is constitutional. 41% of students chose the correct answer on this particular question. >>> critics say there is national emphasis on science, technology engineering and math known as stem and they say it's taken away from other important subjects like american history, civics and geography. >> we posted a second question on the nbc washington facebook page. we want to know if you can answer the answer correctly. go online post your comments there. >> you remembered a lot of things. >>> right now looking at future weather. tomorrow we're starting off mainly dry, as we work our way th